Display device



Dec. 23, 1924. 1,520,472

A. E. HURST DISPLAY DEVICE Filed March 25, 1924 Patented li es.

lfiizaiiz FF 1 OE ALBERT E. HURST, OF NEW YORK, N. '51, ASSIGNOR TOTEXTILE PUBLISHING COM- PANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

Application filed March 25, 192 2.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. HURs'r, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Display Devices, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a device intended to be used for the displayof advertising matter, ornamental signs, show cards and the like, instores or in store windows, and has for its object to provide anadjustable support or base for printed advertising or display matterwhich will be so constructed that it may be used in show windows ofvarying size.

A further object of this invention is to provide a plurality of unitsprovided with means for detachably uniting them together to form varioussizes and arrangements of show card supports to suit the requirements ofdifferent stores and shops and the show windows in which said articlesare to be used.

I accomplish these and other objects by the utilization of a pluralityof fiat sections which are arranged to overlap one another to anyrequired extent, and which may be secured together in such overlappedposition to form a continuous supporting strip.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a parthereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plurality ofcard-supporting units connected together to form a continuous support;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same, showing a portion of thedisplay card attached to the face of the support;

Figure 3 is a plan view of a portion of the construction disclosed inFigure 2;

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4L l of Figure 1, looking inthe direction of the arrows; and

Figure 5 is a sectional View on the line 55 of Figure 2, looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Throughout the various views of the drawing, similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

In carrying out my invention I utilize a plurality of sections of flat,thin and compa *atively inflexible material such as metal, wood, fibreboard or the like, and detachably connect the same together as may beSerial No. 701,650.

required to form a continuous strip of such length as may be required tofit a store window or within a store where a sign or display card may berequired. Display arrangements of the character referred to herein areusually located within the store window and suspended from the upperpart of the window.

At 1 and 2 are shown the end sections, which may consist, ashereinbefore set forth, of fiat sections of metal or the like. As thesesections 1 and 2 constitute the ends of a strip, I find it desirable toprovide them with downwardly extending extensions or legs 3 whichprovide ornamental terminations for the strips.

At 4 is disclosed a line of perforations which extends longitudinally ofthe sections 1 and 2. A row of said perforations is located adjacent toeach of the longitudinal edges of the sections. Central sections areshown at and as many of these sections 5 may be used as are required toform a continuous strip of the desired length. Each of the sections 5 isprovided with the lines of perforations 4 located adjacent to andextending parallel with its longitudinal edges.

To form a continuous display card supporting member, the varioussections 1, 2 and 5 are placed together and overlapped to the requiredextent to form a strip of the desired length. Bolts or screws 6 arepassed through the registering perforations in the overlapped portionsof the various sections,

thus joining the same together.

Either one or both faces of the strip thus provided may be covered by acard-board display strip 7, which may be secured to the faces of thesupporting strip in any suitable manner, and which I have shown securedthereto by means of spring clips 8. These C1138 are shown to slide overthe edges of the sections 1, 2 and 5, but if desired they may be fixedto the sections or they can be bent out of the metal which forms thesections.

The display card or sheet 7 is preferably formed of a single orcontinuous piece of cardboard, but a number of sections of card-boardmay be, if desired, secured along the supporting strip in lieu of asingle section so long as they extend over and conceal the overlappedjoints of the various sections 2 and 5.

In order that the supporting strip may beak easily suspended Within aWindow, I pron vide the various sections or units 1, 2 and 5 with lugs 9Which extend outwardly from the 'top'e'dges'of the sections, and whichare perforated as at 10 to form suspending loops. 1 do not restrictmyself, however, to this form of suspending loop, and can sus- 'pend orsupport the strip in any desired way.

Having described my invention, What I clziimxisp- V A display devicecomprising a plurality of flat plates similar in construction andoutline so thatany number of said'plates may be joined together and heldin overlapped I position to provide a continuous strip, means fordetachably holding said ilates in overlapped relationship, means foridjusting theqpositions of the plates rela- Qive to one another, saidadjusting means comprising a plurality of perforations formed in eachplate near its edges and means for entering said perforations andcletachably uniting the plates, a continuous flexible fiat strip ofadvertising or display matter adapted to be securedover the plates, saidstrip corresponding in shape to the joined plates whereby it completelycovers one face of-thesarne, and clipsvfor detachablyholdingsaid stripin position over the plates. p v

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this QQd'day of March,1924.

ALBERT E; miner.

